Apple punts prizes as iTunes nears 100m-song target

[Mac Reporter]

Apple today announced it will hand out a 17in PowerBook, a 40GB iPod and 10,000 free songs to whoever downloads track number 100m from the iTunes Music Store (ITMS). As well as getting punters busily buying songs, the announcement may take a little attention away, perhaps, from Sony's new 'iPod killer' hard drive-based Walkman, launched today.

The giveaway begins sooner: whoever downloads song number 95m, and every 100,000th track after that, will receive a free 20GB iPod. Apple expects the first winner to be chosen sometime tomorrow.

Read more at The Register.

[Arel]

Besides Apple's own website, according to MacNN, some readers have come up w/ their own apps to keep track of the countdown to the 100-M ITMS download: ITMS Song Counter & ITMS Song Counter Graph.

For those MUGgers who are qualified to win, these could be relevant apps (as a way of "improving your chances" to win) as the 95-M download & every 100,000th track after that will receive a free 20GB iPod. Of course, nothing beats the prizes for the 100-M downloader!

[Edited on 7-2-2004 by Arel]



[Edited on 7-2-2004 by Arel]

[Adel]

Waaahhhhhhh!

I can't join!

4. Eligibility. In order to be eligible, entrants must be 13 years of age or older, and a legal resident of one of the 50 United States, including Washington, D.C., the United Kingdom, France or Germany. Entrants must enter the Promotion through the iTunes Music Store accessible in your country of residence.

[gbbles]

Maybe we'll get to be eligible on the 500,000,000th or the 1,000,000,000th download promo? I hope it's sooner though... Asia is a pretty big market for the ITMS, piracy notwithstanding.

[elbert]

Originally posted by Adel
Waaahhhhhhh!

I can't join!

4. Eligibility. In order to be eligible, entrants must be 13 years of age or older, and a legal resident of one of the 50 United States, including Washington, D.C., the United Kingdom, France or Germany. Entrants must enter the Promotion through the iTunes Music Store accessible in your country of residence.

Under-aged ka, Adel?